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Do These Envelopes Any Physical Or Historical Value?

 
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Posted 12/14/2012   08:58 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add same to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Do these envelopes any physical or historical value?
















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Posted 12/14/2012   09:24 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stallzer to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, they are lovely covers/entires and the Bloods Penny post covers are highly collectible. Great Bloods hand stamp on the 2nd cover.
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Posted 12/14/2012   09:54 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add doug2222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Surely in the hundreds of dollars if all prove genuine.
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Posted 12/14/2012   09:59 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You may be interested in this brief biography pertaining to the top cover, addressed to Henry A. Coit, 44 South St., New York City:


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Henry A. Coit was a New York City importer and merchant. He was born in New London, Connecticut. In 1815 he began business on South street as a shipping merchant. He was a director of the Union National Bank and served as it's Vice President for a time. He also served on the board of directors and as a trustee of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company. He was married in 1822 to Miss Talman, a sister of a man who later became Vice President of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company.

He died 19 May 1876, probably the oldest merchant in New York at that time, according to the Times.
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Posted 12/14/2012   10:11 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ncbuckeye to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes! All of them have value. The Blood stamps are known as locals.

They appear to be Scott nbr 15L13, acid-tied.
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The British cover at the bottom has an example of a Bishop Mark and dates from sometime after 1713 (because the month is in the lower segment). There may also be a possible part Charing Cross Receiving House mark.
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Posted 12/14/2012   11:34 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chipg to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Four different covers:
1 - Stamp is the 1849 New York City Carrier stamp Scott catalog number 6LB9. It has a catalog value of $100 or so. It is not tied to the cover, so may have been applied later. Had it been tied to the cover by a cancellation, it would have a catalog value of about $350. You will need to have an expert look at it to determine whether both the stamp and cover are genuine.
2 - Stamp is probably the 1850 Blood's Local Post stamp Scott catalog number 15L13. Private local posts competed with the post office for business. As you can see, it was never handled by the post office. It is acid tied to a cover and has a catalog value as such of $75. Bloods was one of the larger companies and operated in Philadelphia.
3 - Similar - Different Blood's Local Post stamp (note the difference in the last line - "Dispatch" becomes "Phila"(delphia) - From about 1854 and with a similar value.
4 - This looks British to me. That type of datestamp is classically British. Also, is that a partial "Charing Cross / London" handstamp under the flap?

Hope that helps.
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